- Homosexuality
- ⚢✔ Legal
- Gay Marriage
- ⚭✔ Legal
- Censorship
- ✔ No censorship
- Changing Gender
- ✔ Legal, surgery not required
- Non-binary gender recognition
- ✔ Recognized
- Discrimination
- ✔ Illegal
- Employment Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Housing Discrimination
- ✔ Sexual orientation and gender identity
- Adoption
- ✔ Legal
- Military
- ✔ Legal
- Donating Blood
- ✔ Legal
- Conversion Therapy
- ✔ Banned
- Age of Consent
- ✔ Equal
Suggest Public Opinion Data
Until Sep 8, 2014
Public Opinion
Views on same-sex marriage or other legal recognition
Ranked #6 out of 27 regions surveyed. (Source: Ipsos, April–May, 2021)
(8%) Against
Support (82%)
Views on same-sex couples' right to adopt
Ranked #15 out of 27 regions surveyed. (Source: Ipsos, April–May, 2021)
(28%) Disagree
Agree (67%)
Acceptance of homosexuals as neighbors ?
Ranked #28 out of 79 regions surveyed. (Source: World Values Survey, 2017-2020)
(27.7%) Mentioned homosexuals
Did not mention homosexuals (72.3%)
Justifiability of homosexuality ?
Ranked #27 out of 79 regions surveyed. (Source: World Values Survey, 2017-2020)
(28.4%) Not justifiable
Justifiable (28.5%)
Opinion on same-sex couples as parents ?
Ranked #31 out of 74 regions surveyed. (Source: World Values Survey, 2017-2020)
(27.6%) Disagree
Agree (35.9%)
Support for same-sex marriage (North and South America) ?
Ranked #5 out of 29 regions surveyed. (Source: AmericasBarometer, 2016-2017)
(41.4%) Disapprove
Approve (58.6%)
Acceptance of Gay People in Public Office (North and South America) ?
Ranked #4 out of 29 regions surveyed. (Source: AmericasBarometer, 2016-2017)
(33.5%) Disapprove
Approve (66.5%)
"Should society accept homosexuality?" (2013) ?
Ranked #11 out of 39 regions surveyed. (Source: Pew Research Center, June, 2013)
(24%) No
Yes (68%)
Perceived Acceptance of Gay People ?
Ranked #29 out of 119 regions surveyed. (Source: Gallup, 2013)
(38%) Not a good place
Good place (52%)
History
Homosexual activity in Chile is legal.
Current status
Since Dec 23, 1998
Since Dec 23, 1998
Legal
Homosexual activity is legal in Chile.
Same-sex marriage in Chile is legal.
Current status
Since Mar 10, 2022
Since Mar 10, 2022
Legal
The Chilean president has signed into law a bill that was approved by the Congress legalizing same-sex marriage.
Civil unions
Since 2015, same-sex couples and households headed by same-sex couples have the same legal protections available to opposite-sex married couples, within a civil union - except for adoption rights and the title of marriage.
Civil unions
Legalization Pending. it is in the same bill that is legalizing gay adoption.
Censorship of LGBT Issues in Chile is no censorship.
Current status
No censorship
In Chile, there are no laws restricting the discussion or promotion of LGBTQ+ topics.
LGBT discrimination in Chile is illegal.
Current status
Since Jul 12, 2012
Since Jul 12, 2012
Illegal
All types of discrimination is illegal
LGBT employment discrimination in Chile is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Jul 12, 2012
Since Jul 12, 2012
Sexual orientation and gender identity
The anti-discrimination law penalizes the arbitrary discrimination and includes protection for discrimination of sexual orientation and gender identity
LGBT housing discrimination in Chile is sexual orientation and gender identity.
Current status
Since Jul 12, 2012
Since Jul 12, 2012
Sexual orientation and gender identity
The anti-discrimnation law penalizes the arbitrary discrimination and includes protection for discrimination of sexual orientation and gender identity
Blood donations by MSMs in Chile is legal.
Current status
Since Apr 24, 2013
Since Apr 24, 2013
Legal
The Chilean Health Ministry repeals the blood ban after a year of lobbying by the country's leading LGBT organization, Chilean Homosexual Integration and Liberation Movement (MOVILH).
Conversion therapy in Chile is banned.
Current status
Since Aug 3, 2021
Since Aug 3, 2021
Banned
The Senate approved the bill that modifies and strengthens Law No. 20,609, which establishes measures against discrimination, adding as arbitrary discrimination any act, practice and/or medical, psychological, psychiatric treatment or of any other nature that aims to modify the sexual orientation or gender identity and expression of a person or a group of people.
Equal age of consent in Chile is equal.
Until Sep 8, 2014
Unequal
Article 365 of the Penal Code establishes 18 as age if consent for gay couples, whereas 14 is the standard age if consent for straight couples.
LGBT Rights by Region
View the LGBT laws in each individual region of Chile.
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